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    Aluminium making and its effect on Australia’s electricity grid
    Aluminium making and its effect on Australia’s electricity grid

    Aluminium is an exceptionally useful metal. Lightweight, resistant to rust and able to be turned into alloys with other metals. Small wonder it’s the second most used metal in the world after iron and demand is set to soar.


    Why is Australia spending billions on building new prisons?
    Why is Australia spending billions on building new prisons?

    Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show prisoner numbers are growing in every Australian state and territory — except Victoria.


    Home ownership is slipping out of reach. It’s time to rethink our fear of ‘forever renting’
    Home ownership is slipping out of reach. It’s time to rethink our fear of ‘forever renting’

    A wide range of voices in the Australian media have been sounding the alarm about the phenomenon of “forever-renting”.


    These three simple actions can save you money and help make the most of your rooftop solar
    These three simple actions can save you money and help make the most of your rooftop solar

    Four million Australian households and businesses have rooftop solar installed, making us the world leader in the technology. Much of the electricity generated is used to power our homes, and any leftover is fed back into the grid.


    Australia's hidden and complex history of beach shacks
    Australia's hidden and complex history of beach shacks

    From the Torres Strait to Tasmania, and from the east coast to the west, beach shacks are an iconic part of Australian coastal history.


    Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ and what it means to lose it
    Climate change is forcing us to rethink our sense of ‘home’ and what it means to lose it

    The Los Angeles wildfires are causing the devastating loss of people’s homes.


    (Literally) moving house: How home relocations can help address the housing crisis
    (Literally) moving house: How home relocations can help address the housing crisis

    Australia’s housing crisis represents a fundamental market imbalance where undersupply meets excess demand.


    Nothing new under the sun: Australia’s long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes
    Nothing new under the sun: Australia’s long history of missed chances to build sustainable homes

    Australians are no strangers to housing crises. Some will even remember the crisis that followed the second world war. As well as producing the popular mid-century modern style of architecture, these post-war decades were a time of struggle.


    Local governments are using AI without clear rules or policies, and the public has no idea
    Local governments are using AI without clear rules or policies, and the public has no idea

    In 2017, the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands deployed an artificial intelligence (AI) system to determine how likely welfare recipients were to commit fraud. After analysing the data, the system developed biases: it flagged as “high risk” people who identified as female, young, with kids, and of low proficiency in the Dutch language.


    LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?
    LA is on fire. How will Australia cope when bushfires hit Sydney, Melbourne or another major city?

    As I write this, five people are dead and at least 1,000 buildings have been destroyed by wildfires that have swept across Los Angeles. Around 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate.


    Build to Rent will produce more homes for tenants, but not for those most in need
    Build to Rent will produce more homes for tenants, but not for those most in need

    Part two of the government’s stalled housing legislation finally passed federal parliament on Thursday. The Build to Rent tax reform bill aims to boost investment in apartment blocks designed and constructed for rental occupancy and retained in single ownership.


    10 years after the Lacrosse building cladding fire, the defects and disasters continue
    10 years after the Lacrosse building cladding fire, the defects and disasters continue

    Ten years ago, a late-night cigarette started a fire that spread rapidly up 13 storeys on the Lacrosse apartment building in Melbourne. The November 24 fire caused more than A$5.7 million in damages, but thankfully no lives were lost.


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